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Saturday, 19 December 2015

The e-Migrate system introduced by the Indian
government on June 1st aims to minimize the number of fraudulent
jobs offered, which is criticized by many Saudi Officials. This law is called
the new labor law which is
implemented from Oct. 18, as told by Saudi Press Agency on Saturday. The new
labor article consists of 38 amended Articles which are finalized by extensive
research. Most of the amendments focus on disciplinary procedures, and cover
training, privileges, labor contracts, women employment, and inspection
mechanism. The ministry will put the law into work and select best models for
organizing work environment based on international practices in this field. This
latest e-Migrate system regulated by the Ministry
of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) makes
it obligatory for all the recruitment agents and employers to enroll at
the e-Migrate site (http://www.emigrate.gov.in). The same website
will be used to upload contracts to hire the Indian workers.

Chairman of the
contractors committee at the Council of Saudi Chambers, Fahd Al-Hammadi, pointed out the new system
as “unfair” and demanded for recruitment of potential workers from other
countries including Nepal and Bangladesh. According to Al-Sharq Arabic daily, Fahd Al-Hammadi said “We are dependent on
our own system for reliable recruitment. As a country we have right to recruit
any other national who would be suitable
to work in Saudi Arabia.” He further told that he has repeatedly requested the
Ministry Labor to seize the issuing of the Visas for Indian workers.

Charge
d’Affaires at Indian Embassy in Riyadh, Hemant Kotalwar, told Saudi Gazette,”
We don’t want to stop the recruitment process, in fact we want to make it more reliable.”
He added that the process is very effective to make the recruitment procedure
more comprehensive and transparent. Fadel Al-Bouainain an Economic analyst,
told the news that India is not interested to export skilled workers because of
the better economic conditions so it has set “temporary recruitment conditions.”
“Although Kotalwarhas previously mentioned that India is not a labor exporting
country, he clarified that the reliable
e-Migrate system has not affected the hiring of Indian workers abroad.
He further added that according to the latest research the number of Indians in
Saudi Arabia has grown from 2.75 million to 2.93 million in one year.

Indian Consul
General B.S. Mubarak, defending the e-Migrate system said that it will help stop
the substitution of contracts whereby some recruiting agents in India
intentionally misinform workers about their contract and salary packages. They
asked the workers to sign a contract with higher wage structure and when they
reach Saudi Arabia they found that their real salary package was unsatisfactory.

The e-Migrate
system will keep the workers well informed about their wage structure prior to
their arrival to Saudi Arabia. They will be well aware of the condition before
they will depart from India. All the workers under ECR (Emigration Check
Required) status will be covered by the e-Migrate system.